Expression of the vesicular glutamate transporters-1 and -2 in adult mouse dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord and their regulation by nerve injury

Neuroscience

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 469-490

  Brumovsky, P ^a,b   Watanabe, M ^c   Hokfelt T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

excitatory amino acids; neuropeptides; neurotransmission; peripheral nerve lesion; sensory neurons; skin

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE CRUSH; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RHIZOTOMY; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 34250161600     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.02.068     Document Type: Article

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